FINAL SHOW !!! WORN OUT N HAPPY !!!

ITS BEEN ALONG 6 WEEKS ,WITH SOME HARDE JOUIRNIES AND SOME REALL EASY ONES TOO . MET LOTS OF GOOD PEOPLE AND PLAYED TO THOUSANDS .MOSTLY VERY BUSY HOUSES N THEATERS ,WHICH WAS A PLEASURE FOR US TO DO ..WE FEEL WE PLAYED FOR THE MOST PART VERY WELL ON THIS TOUR ,A FEW ODD NIGHTS DUE TO SOUND PROBLEMS , OR MAYBE WEARIER THAN WE CARED TO ADMIT, A COUPLE OF INJURIES,,BUT WE DID HAVE MANY LAUGHS ON THOSE TRAVELS AND ,SAW THE USA FROM THE BEST VANTAGE POINTS,IN MANY AREAS..WE ARE A LUCKY BUNCH OF PEOPLE US MUSICIANS,PLYING OUR TALENTS AND SEEING THE WORLD AS WE DO IT ...AND WERE STILL GRATEFULL THERE ARE PEOPLE PREPARED TO SEE US DO IT , THANK YOU ...WE HAD A GREAT TIME AND ALTHOUGH ITS GOIN TO BE A LONG STRETCH BEFORE WE DO IT AGAIN ,,BONES WILLING ,ITLL BE GOOD TO GET BACK IN THE SADDLE IN A WHILE AGAIN ...ANYWAYS IVE GOT RECORDING AND REHERSING TO DO WITH MY OWN BAND , AND LOOKING AT GETTING GIGS FOR GROOVE SHAMAN . ALL THE BEST EVERYONE .IT WAS GREAT WAY TO GO OUT !!! BYE !!!!!

LAST BUT NOT LEAST ..NORFOLK VIRGINIA..

WE STAYED AT THE AMAZING JEFFERSON HOTEL LAST NIGHT .WHAT A BUILDING AND WHAT SERVICE ..A GREAT HANG BELIEVE ME ..SPOILT ROTTEN WE WERE . ON TO NORFOLK VA..GOT CAUGHT IN TRAFFIC YET AGAIN AND ONLY THE QUICK THINKING DAVE WALKER GOT US ROUND IT, AND INTO THE CHESAPEAKE AREA WITH NO HASSLE . SO MANY ACCIDENTS RECENTLY ON THE EAST COAST ...CRAZY . WE GOT TO THE GIG AROUND 8 45 WENT ON AT 9PM AND THE PLACE WAS HEAVING AND THEY WERE READY FOR SOME SERIOUS MUSIC AND TO SEE THE MAN PLAY . I FELT VERY COMFORATBLE , AND PERSONALLY HAD A GREAT NIGHT I THOUGHT , WAS VERY FLUID AND ATTACKING , DYNAMICS WERE OH SO SUBTLE AND THE GROOVES SPOT ON . BUT THATS ONLY MY OPINION OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT NOT AGREE ,BUT AS I SAID IT WAS FOR ME A REALLY GOOD NIGHT .AS TIRED AS WE ARE NOW IT STILL AMAZES ME WHERE WE FIND A GREAT SHOW LIKE TONIGHT..ONE TO GO THANKS NORFOLK U WERE GREATTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!BYE

2 MORE SHOWS LEFT

I THINK I MISSED ONE DUE TO MY BEING A TAD PUNCH DRUNK HERE SO IM SORRY BUT I WILL CARRY ON WITH TONITES GIG IN RICHMOND V.A....3 RD TIME HERE AND ITS ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO COME N VISIT N GIG HERE . CROWDS ALWAYS RECEPTIVE NICE FOLKS TOO . GIG VERY WELL RUN .ITS BEEN HOT N HUMID AND MUGGY AND THE LONG JOURNEY TO THE VENUE WAS NOT FUN DUE TO THE BUILD UP OF TRAFFIC ALL THE WAY HERE INTO RICHMOND..SO WE WERE GLAD TO KICK BACK FOR AN HOUR OR 2 TILL PLAY TIME . THE SOUND WAS VERY GOOD ONSTAGE AND WE COULD HEAR THE ROOM VERY WELL AND THE CROWD NOISY ......WE HAVE 2 SHOW LEFT ON THIS LEG AND WERE NOT SURE IF WE WILL TOUR AGAIN , AS THERE ARE NO PLANS AS SUCH YET SO IM GOIN TO MAKE THE BEST OF WHATS LEFT ON THIS TOUGH SCHEDULE .ALWAYS SAD TO SAY GOOD BYE TO BAND MATES EVEN THOUGH WEVE BEEN STUCK TOGETHER LIKE SARD INES FOR MONTHS ON END..WEVE HAD SOME LAUGHS AND SOME GREAT GIGS ON THIS TOUR .WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF THAT ...BYE !!!.

BIRCHMERE V.A....HOT HUMID AND VERY DRY ..

I HAVE DONE THIS GIG ,I GUESS AROUND 4 OR 5 TIMES NOW .SINCE 2005 ON ..EVERYTIME WE ARE HERE WE GET THE SAME REACTION , THE SAME HOSPITALITY,GREAT FOOD AND PLEASANT STAFF ...THATS SAID I HATE PLAYING TO SIT DOWN N EAT TYPE VENUES, CAUSE AFTER A MEAL N DRINKS YA TOO FULL TO GET INTO IT . IM SURE ALL U WANNA DO IS SLEEP ....MAYBE ? ANYWAY WE GOT GOING REALLY EARLY 7 30 AND IT WAS A STRANGE SOUNDING STAGE .WE ALL SOUNDED LIKE PLAYING IN SEPERATE BOXES AGAIN ...TRUTHFULLY . I DIDNT GET OUT OF 2ND GEAR TONITE ,DIDNT FEEL THE NEED TOO ,AND 2 DAYS OFF AND THE HEAT N HUMIDITY OF THE NIGHT ,KEPT ME LOW KEY ANYWAYS ON STAGE .. GREAT CROWD AS USUAL ITS ALWAYS GREAT TO COME HERE , WE DIDNT GET TO MEET ANYONE AFTER, BUT WE WERE OTHERWISE ENGAGED ......OFF TO BALTIMORE TOMORROW, SHORT DRIVE YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BYE !!!

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new hope havana club

TRAVELLING THRU PA IS A PLEAURE I WASNT PREPARED FOR .BEEN HERE LOTS OF TIME SBUT ALWAYS DID THE HIGHWAYS THIS TIME WE CAME IN FROM PENNS PEAK SO IT WAS THRU THE HILLS N FORESTS ..REALLY LOVELY DRIVE . THE HAVANA CLUB IS PROMOTED BY A FRIEND OF OURS , AND HES DONE A GREAT JOB PUTTING IT ON THE MAP....IN A SHORT TIME SOME REALLY BIG ACTS HAVE COME THRU FOR HIM HERE AND IT SHOWS .PERSONALLY IT COULD BE A BIGGER ROOM WITH FACILITIES BETTER , BUT ITS LOOKING LIKE A FUTURE GREAT GIG ..PEOPLE REALLY NICE AND WAS PACKED TIGHT RIGHT UP TO FRONT OF THE STAGE ,AND WE DID A GOOD SHOW TONITE . REALLY RELAXED AND PUNCHY AND FUNKY AS HELL IN PLACES .WE HAVE 2 DAYS OFF AFTER SOME TRAVELLING TOMORROW ,,SO IM GOIN TO BED GET SOME ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZS BYE !!

HURRAHS CASINO ATALANTIC CITY

WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT THIS GIG .....GREAT ROOM, GREAT PRODUCTION, GREAT LIGHTS ,AND WHAT THE HELL WERE WE DOING THERE ? IT WAS THE STRANGEST GIG OF ALL....ALL OUR REAL FANS WERE IN THE GALLERIES UP TOP AND THE REST DOWNSTAIRS MUST HAVE BEEN COMPT TICKETS IS ALL I CAN THINK OF ...WE DID TRY AND PUT IT OUT OF OUR MINDS THAT WE WERE DOING A CONCERT BUT IT FELT LIKE WE WERE AT A COUNTRY CLUB PLAYING TO SENATORS AND THEIR WIVES , WAITING TO GO INTO A SNOOKER MATCH...AS I SAID VERY STRANGE AFTER BB KINGS WHERE THE PLACE WAS PACKED WITH REAL FANS ...NOT TO SAY THERE WERE NO FANS AT HURRAHS ,THERE WERE ,BUT THE DOWNSTAIRS WAS JUST PLAIN WEIRD .....THE ONSTAGE SOUND WAS VERY SEPERATED AND WE PULLED IT OFF I THINK BUT LEFT FEELING LIKE ...WHAT JUST HAPPENED IN THERE ...MY THOUGHTS ONLY HERE ON MY BLOG AS A DISCLAIMER, THE FANS I SPOKE TOO HAD A GREAT TIME , AND THANKS FOR STOPPING BY TO SAY SO .ALL THE BEST TO U ALL BYE !!!!